Clip board attachment



March 1959 J. E. KROVIAK. I 2,876,022

CLIP BOARD ATTACHMENT Filed June 27. 1956 John E. Kro via/r INVENTOR.

M wi mayfim elastic strap makes the clips readily applicable toconventional type clip boards. The attachment may be utilized by merelyslipping the anchoring clips 12 and 14 over the diagonally oppositecorner portions thus locating the strap at the desired oblique angle andfacilitating safe and reliable retention on the users forearm once inplace.

Having thisinvention is comparable to having extra hands, as it were. Itpermits the safe and reliable writing down of measuring dimensions andnotes on a scratch pad in high dangerous places and yet is also usableon the ground in the more or less normal way. Having this inventionallows both hands freedom and provides a pencil or pen conveniently athand, insures that the lower end of the sheets or leaves are held downagainst the pad proper while taking notes in high winds. And yet, and inspite of the over-all simplicity in construction, a user may be assuredof maintaining balance on a ladder and may easily move the ladder fromwindow to window without grounding his measuring tools. With thisinvention, one can be assured that there need be no moremismeasurements, juggling a clip board, pencil or pen, or having thesheets or leaves of the scratch pad flap out of position when the windis sufficiently high to interfere with ones writing requirements.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown and de-.

scribed, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents maybe resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. The combination with a rectangular clip board including a clampengageable with one end portion of a writing pad for securing same onsaid board, of a pair of anchors removably mounted on diagonallyopposite corners of the board, an elastic strap secured under tension tothe anchors for retaining same on the board and engageable beneath anarm of the board user for securing said board thereon, and a resilientfinger on one of the anchors engageable with the other end portion ofthe pad for clamping same to the board.

2. An attachment for a clip board whereby and through the medium ofwhich the board, with a scratch pad clamped accessibly thereon, may beremovably attached to either arm of a user while at the same timeleaving the users hands free for unhampered use comprising: anadjustable elastic strap of requisite width designed and adapted toyieldingly embrace the users arm so that the board may be convenientlyand comfortably perched and reliably held at a desirably angled writingposition on the users arm, and upper and lower strap attaching andanchoring clips connected to the respective upper and lower ends of saidstrap, said clips each embodying a plate adapted to rest firmly againsta bottom surface of the clip board and marginal flanges adapted toengage and rest upon a top surface of said board, said flanges beinglocated and shaped so that the clip may be accommodatingly fitted over acorner of the board with the corner pocketed in the clip, and theinherent tension of said strap providing the means which retains the twoclips releasably in place.

3. The structure defined in claim 2 and wherein one of the flanges onone of said clips has an elongated projecting member of resilient formwhich constitutes a leaf hold-down finger.

4. For use on the forearm of a worker when in a position of elevation ona ladder, scaflfold or the like, means whereby memoranda may be writtendown and during which time both hands are free, one to write with andthe other to hold on with, a clip board of prerequisite dimensions andsuitable for the purposes intended, a clamp mounted at one end of saidboard, a scratch pad superimposed in a position for writing atop theboard and having one end held against the board by said clamp, anelastic board attaching and retaining strap extending diagonally acrossthe bottom of the board and adapted to embrace the users arm, anchoringclips connected to the respective end portions of said strap, saidanchoring clips being of pocket-like construction and being releas ablyfitted over diagonally opposite corner portions of said board, one ofsaid clips being at a lower end portion of said board and being providedon a top side thereof with' a resilient finger, said finger beingextended in the direction and engaging a lower end of the topmost leafof the pad to keep the leaf down in writing position, where by theentire construction is substantially foolproof and susceptible of safeand practical use.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSGermany Mar. 1, 1,954

